NorthKorea

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  N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missile prior to U.S.-S. Korea drills SEOUL -- North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile ahead of the joint military drills by the United States and South Korea, set to begin on March 13 for 11 days. The missile was detected at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) on March 9, near Nampo, located some 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Pyongyang. The South Korean military is investigating the possibility that multiple short-range ballistic missiles were fired simultaneously. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said th 2023-03-10
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  New missile test demonstrates considerable progress in Pyongyang's ICBM capabilities SEOUL -- With its new test launch that delivered more significant political messages than ever to Washington and its allies, North Korea appeared to have achieved considerable progress in its defiant push for the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of attacking any targets in the United States with a large payload. An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), launched from a military base near Pyongyang at 10:15 a.m. (0115 GMT) on November 18, flew to an alti 2022-11-18
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  Two Koreas locked in unprecedented exchange of intimidating missile shots SEOUL -- An unprecedented exchange of intimidating missile shots into imaginary targets near territorial waters ratcheted up cross-border tensions on the Korean peninsula, with both sides flexing their muscle with pledges of strong retaliatory action that could lead to a limited conflict at any time like North Korea's artillery attack on South Korea's front-line island in 2020. South Korean fighter jets fired three air-to-surface missiles into high seas north of the eastern 2022-11-02
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  [FOCUS] Pyonyang's missile launch re-ignites debate over S. Korea's nuclear armament SEOUL -- Under a mutual defense pact, the United States has closely monitored South Korean defense programs, especially in the fields of strategic weapons such as missiles and nuclear arsenal. Seoul took off fetters that have restricted missile development in 2021, but Washington maintains a stubborn nuclear policy, refusing to revise a 2015 accord that has effectively restricted the development of reprocessing facilities to acquire enriched uranium as fuel. South Korea has been on 2022-10-07
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  [FOCUS] Technological advancement accelerates inter-Korean missile race SEOUL -- In a show of fast technological advancement in strategic weapons that are certain to pose a clear threat to neighboring countries, the two Koreas, which are still technically at war across the world's last Cold War frontier, have revealed the test firing of new missile systems one after another at a time when a confrontation between their superpower allies, China and the United States, becomes conspicuous. Seoul broke its strategic silence with a rare release of video 2021-09-17